THUNDER BAY – The City of Thunder Bay will host evacuees fleeing flooding in Grassy Narrows First Nation.
The city will accommodate around 100 people from the community, located about 500 kilometres to the northwest, after answering a provincial request for host communities, it announced Tuesday.
Grassy Narrows is among a number of communities in the Northwest that have recently declared states of emergency over flooding.
The city is also still hosting some evacuees from Kashechewan First Nation, who evacuated at the beginning of the month due to flood risk in that community.
However, the situation has improved and some residents were able to return to their homes over the weekend, the city said.
The city said its hosting efforts are supported by the Canadian Red Cross, Indigenous Services Canada, Ontario Health North, and the Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management Ontario (OFMEM).
A full cost recovery agreement is in place between Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada and the city, it stated.
